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    Question

    Directions: In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.

    Combat (i) They both reached for their combat

    suits and weapons. (ii) Young children have to combat the constant desire to eat chocolate. (iii) It is usually a hard combat rock containing striated stones.
    A Only ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both i and ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D i, ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E one of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    i- here, ‘combat suit’ means suit used for a fight. ii- here, ‘combat’ means ‘to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing’. iii- here, the usage of ‘combat’ is incorrect.

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